SERM. XXXVIII., THE CHRISTIANS TREASURE. 137 ofhis goodness shall call for greater degrees of vengeance at his awful judgment seat. Thus neither the light of the sun, nor the fruits of the earth, neither day nor night, are yours ; for you abuse them to sinful purposes, and theyyield you no real profit: And if things present are not yours, if ye have no so- lid and lasting benefit by them, much less can you pre- tend to claim anycomfortable share in the things that are to come.. "there is a heaven of happiness provided for the saints, but you are utterly unprepared to fulfil the business of it, or to taste the blessedness. There is no room nor place there for You. There is nothing glorious and delightful amongall the promises of God, or all the joyful scenes of the world to come, that you can claim any title to, nor have you any interest in them. When hell shall open its mouth indeed, to receive millions of the damned, according to the final sentence of the Judge, there you will find a place and room provided for you ; but it is an uneasy and dreadful one. Hell is yours, the vengeance of God is yours, endless misery is yours; you have been treasuring up wrath against the day of wrath ; and you can claim nothing but this painful por- tion, this dismal and everlasting inheritance. And can you be content with such a pórtion as this is, while the saints are inheritors of all that is holy and hap- py, both in this world and the next ? O may your busy thoughts be awakened betimes, and make you ever rest- less and uneasy in your present wretched estate ! Re- turn to the Lord in humble riourning, for all your past iniquities : Return to God speedily, from whom you have wickedly depart )_ :Lòath yourselves because of your aborninationç , and abandon every idol : Say to him, my Father:fin the spirit of faith and penitence, and he will put you among the children, and give you a goodly heritage ;" Jer. iii. 19. Seek acquaintance with Jesus the Son of God, the Saviour, the Lord and Heir of all things ; commit your souls to his hands, resign yourselves entirely to his grace, that he may change your unholynatures by his Spirit, that he may cleanse away your guilt by the blood of his atonement; that he may give you an interest in his own riches ; then the covenant of his love shall sanctify to you
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